We have two healthcare calamities unfolding before us – one visible, the other not yet.
“Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path.” (Psalms 119:105)
The kid and I were chatting by phone one evening. It’s mostly how we communicate nowadays, since she doesn’t want to inadvertently give her da…
As the year 2021 has unfolded, I have reflected on the wisdom of my father. My dad has offered valuable suggestions to my brother and me. Dad …
America has been a living hell for people of color because of the numerous atrocities committed against them. Our nation and the American peop…
My pastor, LuAnn Charlton, led the drive-in worship in the church parking lot. Her scripture was Psalm 51, but she focused on one sentence in …
Opinion: For decades we have told our youth to “stay true to yourself” and “stick up for what you believe,” as if there were some virtue in st…
Episode 5: We also discuss whether the Republican Party would be in a stronger place today had Hillary Clinton defeated Donald Trump in 2016.
We got inoculated last week.
Each year the Cabarrus Arts Council works closely with the North Carolina Arts Council, Arts NC and other local arts councils throughout the s…
The snow that fell on Friday, Jan. 8, reminded me of snowfalls that I remember in the 1940s and 1950s.
EDITOR'S NOTE: I was too busy hunkering down and writing about plague and insurrection to conjure up anything new and semi-amusing this week. …
It’s been an unprecedented week in our nation’s capital. Let me first say I am sickened and heartbroken by what unfolded at the U.S. Capitol W…
“For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved.” (John 3:17)
When I was a kid, there is a little ritual that happened in private. I later learned my parents referred to it as “The Talk.” At some age-appr…
RALEIGH — In the spirit of the exception proving the rule, most lovers of liberty accept that government has a critical role to play in combat…
Our nation needs prayer. Our world needs prayer. You and I need to pray. Scripture admonishes us to pray for our leaders, those in authority. …
While watching the incredible scenes from the U.S. Capitol this week, it was hard not to think about Josh. No, not Josh Hawley. Josh Williams.
Without consulting “the Google” or any other resource answer these questions. What are the three branches of government? How many justices ser…
“I am ready to die for my Lord, that in my blood the Church may obtain liberty and peace.” Thomas Becket spoke these words before he was kille…
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My wife, Barbara, and I visited Myrtle Beach, South Carolina for a couple of days. I went out one morning looking for the post office and noti…
There is no such thing as a neutral account of history. How we mark our history matters. We’ve come, all too often, to confuse neutrality, bal…
Serving in a political office was never one of my life’s aspirations. Now, I celebrate the one-year anniversary of my election to the Concord …
I have written about the ghost that lives at Oaklawn in past articles and I would like to give you an update.
RALEIGH — After getting many political predictions wrong in 2016, including but not limited to the results of the presidential election, I thr…
One of North Carolina’s important public intellectuals has stepped down.
In uncertain times like these, in situations that test our mettle, I often ask myself this simple yet eternal question: What would Elvis do?
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